The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-12-30

even more grateful at onr survival, and
much shocked. though Ustane had been
no favorite Of hfs-or he Of hers, for the
matter OF that. She called him sspig," IN
bastard Arabic, and he called her "hussy,'
In good English, but these amenities were
forgotten in the face Of the catastrophe
that had overwhelmed her at the hands Of
her queen.
II don't want to say anything that
mayn't be'agreeable, sir" said Job. when
he had finished exclaiming at my tale,
but It's my opinion that that there She Is
the old gentleman himself, OF perhaps his
wife, II h e-has got one. which I suppose he
has, for he couldn't be 80 wicked all by
himself. The Witch OF Endor was q fool
to her, sir; bless you, she would make nc
more OF raising every gentleman In the
Bible nut OF these here beastly tombs than
should of growing cress on an old fan.
mel. It's q country Of devils, this Is, sir,
and she's the master ono of the lot; and ii
ever we get out Of It, 1t will be more than
expect to do. Idon't see no way out of
1t. That witch isn't likely to let d lne
young man like Mr.. Leo 60"
his lite."
"Ycs, and she'll take his soul to pay for
It. She'll make him q witch, like herself.
say it's wicked to have anything to do
with those sort Of people. Last night, sir.
laid awake and rend in my little Bible,
that my poor old mother gave me, about
what Is going to happen to sorceresses and
them sort till my hair stood on end. Lord,
how the old lady would stare II she saw
where her Job had got to!"
Eyes. It's n nunnr rnpnfrv and . nnnor
people, too, job" I answered, with a sigh,
for though I am not superstitious like Job,
I admit to a natural shrinking (Which will
not bear investigation) from the things
that are above nature.
II you won't think me very foolish, l
should like to soy something to you, now
that Mr.. Leo is out Of the way" Cleo had
got up early and gone for q stroll), "and
that is TINT l know 1t Is the last country
as ever 1 shall see in this world. / had a
dream last night, and I dreamed that I
saw my old father, with o kind of night
shirt on him, something like these folks
wear When they want to be in particular
full dress, and a bit Of that fcathery grass
In his hand, which he may have gathered
on the way, for l saw lots of it yesterday
about three hundred yards from the mouth
of this beastly cave.
"tJob,' he said to me, solemn like, and
yet with a kind Of satisfaction shining
through him, more like q Methody parson
when he has sold a neighbor a marked
horse for q sound N and cleared twenty
pounds by the job than anything I can
think on-'Job, times up, Job; but Inever
did expect to have to come and hunt you
out in this ERE place, job. Such ado as I
have had to nose you up; 1t wasn't friendly
to give your poor old father such q run, let
alone that a wonderful lot of bad charac-
ters hail from this place, Kor."
Regular cautions" I suggested.
eyes, sir-of course, Sir, that's Just what
he said they w~as-'cautions, downright
Scorchcrs,' sir, and I'm sure I don't doubt
it, seeing what l know of them and their
,ot-potting ways" went on Job, sadly,
Anyway, he was sure that timc was up,
md went away saying that VIC should sec
moro than we cared for Of each other soull,
and I suppose he was abiding to the fact
that father and I never could hit it of to-
gcther for longer than three days, and 1
,lare say that things will be similar when
we meet again"
Surely" I said, "you don't think that
sou are going to die because you dreamed
you saw your old father? If one dies be-
cause one dreams of ones father, what
happens to q man who dreams Of his moth
erin-laws"
"Ah, sir. You are laughing at me-" said
Job; sbut, you see, you didn't know my
old father. If 1t had been anybody else
my aunt Mary, for instance, who never
made much Of a job-I should not have
thought SO much of IT; but my. father was
that idle, which he shouldn't have been
with seventeen children, that he would
never have put himself out to come here
just to see the place. No, sir; I know that
he meant business. Well, sir, I can't help
1t; I suppose every mar must go some time
or other. though It is a hard thing to die
in a place like this, where Christian burial.
isn't to be had for its weight in gold. I've
tried to be q good man, sir, aud do my duty
honest, and II It wasn't for the supercilious
kind of way in which father carried on
last night-a sort Of smiling at me, as It
were. as though he had NJ opinion Of my
references and testimonials-I should feel
easy enough in my mind. Anyway, sir,
I've been q good servant to you and Mr..
Leo, bless him! Why, It seems but the
other day that I used to lead him about
the streets with a penny whip; and II ever
You get out of this placc-which, as father
didn't allude to you, perhaps you may-I
hope vou will think kindly Of my whitened
bones, and never have anything more to
do with Greek writing on lower-pots, sir,
IL I may make 80 bold as to say So"
'sCome, come. job" I said. seriously,
"this Is all nonsense, You know. You
mustn't be silly enough to go getting such
ideas in your head. We've lived through
some queer things, and I hope that we may
60 on doing So"
mo. sir" answered Job, In q tone Of
conviction that jurred IN me unpleasantly,
sit isn't nonsense. I'm o doomed man,
and I feel It, and . most uncomfortable